Biography

Margie studied painting, printmaking and sculpture along with biology and chemistry to earn her BA in Fine Arts from Wake Forest University. She followed her love for art and science and continued her studies to earn a Masters degree as a Medical Illustrator from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. For 15 years she created medical illustrations for magazines, pharmaceutical ads, legal exhibits and textbooks. With the illustration work Margie enjoyed taking abstract science concepts and communicating them in an editorial format. Over the last 16 years her interest shifted to abstract art where she focuses her training with color, layers and texture to communicate emotions, time and space.

Education

Art2life Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton, May 2019 - Present.
Project ONLINE with Suzanne Jacquot, March - June 2019.
Art2life Academy with Nicholas Wilton, October 2018 - Present.
Paint Big! workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Santa Fe, NM, September 2018
3 Day Cut Loose, Get Wild Abstract Art Workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Marin MOCA, 2018
The Artist's Journey and Studio Journey workshops with Nancy Hillis, Abstract Artist, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - Present
Studied with Marianne Brown, Abstract Artist, Moraga, CA, 2011 - 2017
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
MA in Biomedical Communications, 1987

Wake Forest University
BA in Fine Arts, 1984

Selected Shows of Current Work

2020
Solo Show - Art Gallery at Wilder, Orinda, CA, October 1 - October 31.
National Juried Fair - StARTup San Francisco art fair, Hotel Del Sol, San Francisco, CA, April - event canceled due to Covid-19.
Color Play II, an exhibition of seven abstract artists curated by Ellen Levine Dodd, Danville, CA.
Juried Show - Snap!, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Postcards from the Edge, Bortolami Gallery, Tribeca, New York, NY. Painting SOLD.
2019
Juried Show - The 2019 Affordable Art Show, Village Theatre Art Gallery, Danville, CA.
National Juried Show - Nocturne, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter.
National Juried Show - New Currencies, JPG@THE BANK, Lafayette, CA, March 23 - April 21. Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter.
2018
3rd Annual Small Things. Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, CA, November 15 through December.
​Juried Show - stARTup Small Works, 1599 Tennessee Street, Dogpatch District, San Francisco, CA. September 28-30.
Juried Show - Lamorinda Arts Alliance Summer Show, Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon, CA. Juror: Maria Santo Stefano.
Juried Show - Snap!, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Jurors: Matthew Frederick, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner & Michael Yochum.

2017
Juried Show - Small Works Exhibition, Art Works Downtown Gallery, San Rafael, CA. Juror: Julie Zener.
Juried Show - Abstracted, SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Juror: Mary Mocas.
Juried Show - Lamorinda Arts Alliance Summer Show​, Diablo Fine Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.

Professional Affiliations

The Artist Alliance with Jen Tough
Art2Life Academy
Lamorinda Arts Alliance
Past Board Member for the Association of Medical Illustrators

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